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A local weighs the pros and cons of the two Best Breakfast Restaurants in Gatlinburg

Certainties in life are rare. Things change often without warning. Call it what you want. Whether it be fate, karma or luck. But even the things we think are certain in life can be changed by unexpected forces beyond our control.

So, when we find something unswerving, something unerring, something bedrock, something certain, we latch on to it. We recalibrate our lives around this rare, true north star. In Gatlinburg, that north star is breakfast..........

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